Regulation of antiviral innate immune signaling and viral evasion following viral genome sensing

K Chathuranga, A Weerawardhana… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
A harmonized balance between positive and negative regulation of pattern recognition
receptor (PRR)-initiated immune responses is required to achieve the most favorable …

CCL7 recruits cDC1 to promote antitumor immunity and facilitate checkpoint immunotherapy to non-small cell lung cancer

M Zhang, W Yang, P Wang, Y Deng, YT Dong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The efficacy of checkpoint immunotherapy to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) largely
depends on the tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, we demonstrate that CCL7 facilitates …

Induction of OTUD4 by viral infection promotes antiviral responses through deubiquitinating and stabilizing MAVS

T Liuyu, K Yu, L Ye, Z Zhang, M Zhang, Y Ren, Z Cai… - Cell Research, 2019 - nature.com
The activity and stability of the adapter protein MAVS (also known as VISA, Cardif and IPS-
1), which critically mediates cellular antiviral responses, are extensively regulated by …

Dual inhibition of innate immunity and apoptosis by human cytomegalovirus protein UL37x1 enables efficient virus replication

Y Ren, A Wang, D Wu, C Wang, M Huang, X Xiong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immune evasion and inhibition of apoptosis are required for successful virus infection.
However, inhibition of apoptosis can increase antiviral immune responses, which can then …

USP29 maintains the stability of cGAS and promotes cellular antiviral responses and autoimmunity

Q Zhang, Z Tang, R An, L Ye, B Zhong - Cell Research, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is an essential sensor of cytosolic DNA and
critically mediates innate immune responses and autoimmunity. Modulating the activity and …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of viral suppressor of RNAi proteins by designer peptides protects from enteroviral infection in vivo

Y Fang, Z Liu, Y Qiu, J Kong, Y Fu, Y Liu, C Wang… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is the major antiviral mechanism in plants and invertebrates, but
the absence of detectable viral (v) siRNAs in mammalian cells upon viral infection has …

[HTML][HTML] USP22 promotes IRF3 nuclear translocation and antiviral responses by deubiquitinating the importin protein KPNA2

Z Cai, MX Zhang, Z Tang, Q Zhang, J Ye… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
USP22 is a cytoplasmic and nuclear deubiquitinating enzyme, and the functions of
cytoplasmic USP22 are unclear. Here, we discovered that cytoplasmic USP22 promoted …

SARS-CoV-2 membrane glycoprotein M triggers apoptosis with the assistance of nucleocapsid protein N in cells

Y Ren, A Wang, Y Fang, T Shu, D Wu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic of COVID-19 by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global disaster. However, we
still don't know how specific SARS-CoV-2-encoded proteins contribute to viral pathogenicity …

Echovirus 11 infection induces pyroptotic cell death by facilitating NLRP3 inflammasome activation

C Wang, R Yang, F Yang, Y Han, Y Ren, X Xiong… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Echovirus 11 (ECHO 11) is a positive-strand RNA virus belonging to the genus Enterovirus
of the family Picornaviridae. ECHO 11 infections can cause severe inflammatory illnesses in …

Sorafenib suppresses radioresistance and synergizes radiotherapy-mediated CD8+ T cell activation to eradicate hepatocellular carcinoma

CC Cheng, AS Ho, CL Peng, J Chang, ZL Sie… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy (RT) is applied to eradicate tumors in the clinic. However, hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) exhibits resistance against RT. It is demonstrated that RT directly inhibits …